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Personal info

Full name
ROLOSON, Emmett Allen
Date of birth
2 September 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
Hometown
St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37728446
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 December 1944
Place of death
Near Achen, FRance

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 11 14

Immediate family

Members
Emmett J. Roloson (father)
Ora M. (Allen) Roloson (mother)
Carletta Roloson (sister)
Meredith O. (Linch) Roloson (wife)

More information

Pfc Emmett A. Roloson was employed as a machine operator at the Quaker Oats Company before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 6 December 1943. He was sent overseas in the latter part of August 1944.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Harris McClellan Lawson Baker Tree, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com – St Joseph News-Press 29 December 1944
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